Jólahöll

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jólahöll

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jólahöll" (or jólahǫll) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

jólahöll (jólahǫll)
jólahöll, f. Hal (höll) hvori man tilbringer Julen (jvf vetrarhöll); konungr veittií jólahöllinni (i Bergen) öllum karl-mönnum, en dróttningin var í sumar-höllinni ok konur með henni (jvf hann létok húsa konungsgarð í Björgyn með2 góðum steinhöllum Fm. X, 1538),Fm. IX, 3727; kómo firir ráð várshærræ konongens í jólæhallene í OslóDN. III, 1144.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, jólahöll may be more accurately written as jólahǫll.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚮᛚᛆᚼᚯᛚᛚ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.
Feminin.
m.
Masculin.

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